The Australian Workers’ Union is targeting John Holland in a new test case alleging the construction giant prevented union officials from testing the levels of dangerous silica dust at its WestConnex tunnel project in Sydney.
A sacked Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has been criticised for claiming that whistleblower protections introduced in 2019 “wouldn’t make sense” if they did not apply retroactively.
DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause “serious reputational and commercial harm” if published.
The National Australia Bank has flagged a potential strike-out bid against a landmark case by the Finance Sector Union alleging bank managers were required to work unreasonable unpaid hours for years.
International law firm HFW is expanding its Australian employment practice, hiring leading industrial relations, safety and employment law solicitor Simon Billing in Perth.
An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.
Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics is set to claw back $3.27 million in commission payments made to a former manager through a secret side agreement with South Korean giant Hanhwa, with a ruling on damages still to come in the five-year case.
The University of Technology Sydney will backpay staff more than $4.4 million, plus $1.3 million in superannuation and interest, after agreeing to an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
The former dean of a Melbourne art school has resolved her case alleging she was unfairly sacked via Instagram direct message while on annual leave.
If Qantas triumphs in its High Court appeal of a ruling that found it violated the Fair Work Act when it outsourced ground crew at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it would create a “whack-a-mole” legal right to terminate disadvantaged people, the Transport Workers Union has argued.